Elderly care

'Inadequate' care home criticised over patient care

Inspectors say the home is not finding suitable ways to stop altercations between residents.

Day centres should be given reassurances after a care homes were saved, a councillor says.

Hundreds of people march against Lancashire County Council's proposals to close eight elderly facilities.

The delayed discharge challenge throws up deeper questions about the care system, co-ordination - and whether some patients are over-treated

Student Joe, 21, says visiting Janice each week "doesn't feel like work".

Ellen Whitla, who is 87, was given the wrong medication by home carers on two occasions.

The Shuffler allows safe, pain-free lower limb movement from a chair or the side of a bed.

The Shuffler could save billions of pounds by preventing falls, say its Kent inventors.

Residents say living conditions have been miserable since work started on their heating in July.

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